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Eric Johnson

Nov 21, 2024, 15:17
Title : Eric Johnson
First Name : Eric
Last Name : Johnson
Designation : IANS Faculty
Job Title : Principal Security Engineer
Company : Puma Security
Salesforce Contact ID : 0035a00002qSIwYAAW
LinkedIn URL : https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-m-johnson/
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Eric is a co-founder and Principal Security Engineer at Puma Security focusing on cloud security assessments, public cloud architecture, Kubernetes and cloud native hardening, cloud infrastructure automation, secure development lifecycle consulting, and source code analysis. Prior to Puma Security, Eric spent 5 years as a Principal Security Consultant at an information security consulting firm helping companies deliver secure products to their customers, and another 10 years as an Information Security Engineer at Wells Fargo.
  • Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • DevSecOps & Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)
  • Cloud Architecture and Design
  • Application & Product Security
  • Cloud Native & Kubernetes Security
  • Faculty Fellow with the SANS Institute, lead author of SEC540: Cloud Native Security and DevSecOps Automation, and co-author of SEC510: Cloud Security Engineering and Controls, and SEC 549: Cloud Security Architecture
  • Speaker at conferences including RSA, BlackHat, OWASP, BSides, DevOps Days,
    fwd:cloudsec, and ISSA.
  • AWS Security & Identity Community Builder
  • GIAC GCSA, GPCS, GCAD, GWAPT, GSSP
  • ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • AWS Certified Developer
  • MS, Information Assurance and Computer Engineering - Iowa State University
  • BS, Computer Engineering - Iowa State University
In his free time, Eric enjoys boating and wakeboarding in the Ozarks, playing golf, attending
Iowa State football games, or in Louisville, at the horse track or bourbon tasting.

Eric Johnson joined the IANS Faculty in 2022. He provides clients with deep domain-level insights across cloud security, DevSecOps & secure development lifecycle, source code analysis, application & product security, penetration testing.

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